Conversations with youth advocates led to pivotal changes in juvenile justice legislation in Kentucky.

Using a data-driven program, the Boston-based nonprofit Roca aims to help young people break the cycle of poverty, violence and incarceration.

Pretrial justice policy was the subject of a recent NCSL Town Hall with state Sens. Elgie Sims of Illinois and Brian Pettyjohn of Delaware.

U.S. states and territories enacted nearly 400 of the more than 2,200 policing policy bills introduced in 2023. This story summarizes laws enacted in three main categories.

In a world where it seems that just about everything is for sale these days, is it any wonder that there’s a burgeoning market for investment in lawsuits? The practice, known as “third-party litigation funding” is a growing...

More than 50 years after a Supreme Court decision guaranteeing due process rights for juveniles during police interrogations, states are enacting laws to close gaps in those protections.